The boys know it. The judges know it. WE know it. Even Syesha knows it (as evidenced by her humble "I deserve your criticism" nods and the ever-telling "I'm just here to have fun" speech.) Let's just be thankful that the end is nigh, and I can finally be put out of my - *cough* - I mean, WE can be put out of OUR misery. Cause ... the wait ... for the winner is so painful. Yeah! That's it ...

Anyway, in case you missed it, the remaining three sang three songs a piece Tuesday night. One selected by the judges, one by the producers and one - this is where it got a wee bit scary - they chose for themselves.

Randy had Syesha do an Alicia Keyes song. Meh. The producers chose a bubbly track called "Hit me up," which we learned was from "Happy Feet." That was worth it just to hear Simon complaining about penguins. And then ... there was the chair number. Oh yes. Syesha trotted out a chair and a man playing an upright bass to deliver a sassy CABARET version of "Fever" by Peggy Lee. For the record, "Fever" is one of my all time favorite songs. That said, it's no suprise the judges H-A-T-E-D it.

The thing is, Syesha is "an actress." (Although it seems the only thing she's ever done is that commercial on the beach.) She doesn't belong in a recording studio. She belongs in "Scary Movie: THE MUSICAL" or something. And I was pretty frustrated for her when Paula said she didn't think that song was really "Syesha." Um, Syesha chose it. CLEARLY, it is.

And then there were the Davids. Archie sang "Longer Than" by Dan Fogelberg and some Billy Joel song. (Does it really matter which one?) And he was all gooey and dreamy and the girls screamed and doodled hearts with his name in it. No suprise. And then ... he sang CHRIS BROWN. "With you."

Oh, boo. You so CRAZEE. As Simon put it, he looked like a "chihuahua trying to be a tiger." I thought he looked like he was going to fly right off the stage with all the bouncing and arm flapping. Look, Archie, you're more WLEV than Q102 and that's OK.

Over to the Other David. He picked Switchfoot and Simon chose Roberta Flack's "First time ever I saw your face," and those were fine. And then, amid a frenzy of violin runs and flashing strobe lights (his signature lighting), he sang, "I don't wanna miss a thing." And I cringed. And I think he did too. On the inside. That song is only acceptable in that astronaut movie and that's only because they can't very well bleep it out.